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Ray Lathrop — 25 Patents

Abbott: 12 patents #556 of 5,509Top 15%
VUVanderbilt University: 8 patents #84 of 1,609Top 6%
FIFacet Enterprises, Incorporated: 8 patents #11 of 56Top 20%
Intuitive Surgical: 3 patents #367 of 719Top 55%
Motorola: 1 patents #7,453 of 14,142Top 55%
Nashville, TN: #41 of 2,243 inventorsTop 2%
Tennessee: #535 of 20,272 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #158,593 of 4,157,543Top 4%
25 Patents All Time
Ray Lathrop has been granted 25 US patents while listed as an inventor at Abbott. The first was granted in 2003 and the most recent in June 2025. Ray Lathrop ranks #158,593 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.8%). Patent records list Ray Lathrop in Nashville, TN, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2003 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 7 patents in 2011.peak 72003: 1 patents20032008: 1 patents2009: 1 patents20092010: 1 patents2011: 7 patents20112012: 2 patents2013: 1 patents20132018: 2 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 3 patents2022: 1 patents20222024: 1 patents2025: 1 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 25 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12318155 Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission David W. Bailey, Gabriel F. Brisson, Rumen Deyanov, Theodore W. Rogers 2025-06-03
11974889 Variable rigidity, conformable apparatus for non-invasively affixing surgical fiducials and surgical tools to patients Patrick Wellborn, Robert J. Webster, Richard Hendrick 2024-05-07
11219493 Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission David W. Bailey, Gabriel F. Brisson, Rumen Deyanov, Theodore W. Rogers 2022-01-11 $95,307,000
10653491 Dexterous surgical manipulator and method of use Robert J. Webster, James L. Netterville, Arundathi Prasad, Stanley Duke Herrell 2020-05-19
10610313 Surgical instrument with shiftable transmission David W. Bailey, Theodore W. Rogers, Rumen Deyanov, Gabriel F. Brisson 2020-04-07 $43,591,000
10548630 System, method, and apparatus for configuration, design, and operation of an active cannula robot Philip J. Swaney, Jessica Burgner, Kyle Weaver, Hunter B. Gilbert, Robert J. Webster +1 more 2020-02-04
10478207 Surgical grasper 2019-11-19
10441371 Concentric tube robot Richard Hendrick, Robert J. Webster, S. Duke Herrell, Philip J. Swaney 2019-10-15
10307214 Modular sterilizable robotic system for endonasal surgery Trevor Bruns, Arthur W. Mahoney, Hunter B. Gilbert, Philip J. Swaney, Richard Hendrick +4 more 2019-06-04
10149694 Energy balance mechanism for flexure joint Robert J. Webster 2018-12-11
9901412 Dexterous surgical manipulator and method of use Robert J. Webster, James L. Netterville, Arundathi Prasad, Stanley Duke Herrell 2018-02-27
8366730 Cocking mechanism for lancing device Samuel Mason Curry 2013-02-05 $11,214,000
8197503 Side loading lancing device Jonathan M. Wyler, John Andrew Trissel, David R. Buenger 2012-06-12 $53,499,000
8192454 Lancing devices having depth adjustment assembly Stephen J. Flynn, John Andrew Trissel, Samuel Mason Curry, Jonathan M. Wyler 2012-06-05 $27,392,000
8029526 Cocking mechanism for lancing device Samuel Mason Curry 2011-10-04 $14,101,000
8016848 Lancets and methods of use John Andrew Trissel, Stephen J. Flynn, Kevin Young, Samuel Mason Curry, Jonathan M. Wyler +4 more 2011-09-13 $21,208,000
7998160 Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly John Andrew Trissel, Stephen J. Flynn, Samuel Mason Curry, Bradley Koeppel 2011-08-16 $18,160,000
7955348 Lancing devices and methods John Andrew Trissel, Stephen J. Flynn, Samuel Mason Curry, Jonathan M. Wyler, Bradley Koeppel 2011-06-07 $36,144,000
7914547 Adjustable lancing devices and methods Samuel Mason Curry, John Andrew Trissel, Stephen J. Flynn, Kevin Young, Jonathan M. Wyler +2 more 2011-03-29 $31,021,000
7909842 Lancing devices having depth adjustment assembly Stephen J. Flynn, John Andrew Trissel, Samuel Mason Curry, Jonathan M. Wyler 2011-03-22 $26,839,000
7867244 Lancing devices having lancet ejection assembly John Andrew Trissel, Stephen J. Flynn, Samuel Mason Curry, Bradley Koeppel 2011-01-11 $22,348,000
7678127 Multi-lancet device with sterility cap repositioning mechanism John Andrew Trissel, Richard W. LeVaughn, Gwenn E. Kennedy, Stephen J. Flynn, Carl E. Griffin +11 more 2010-03-16
D592307 Lancet Samuel Mason Curry, Vincent Michael DiPalma, Arne Madsen, John Andrew Trissel, David R. Buenger 2009-05-12
D562981 Lancet John Andrew Trissel, David R. Buenger 2008-02-26
6623049 Battery latch Alissa Shreeve, William C. Phelps, III 2003-09-23 $16,766,000